Category: International Events

Title: The Sidney and Peninsula Literary Festival

Start Date: September 22, 2017
End Date: September 24, 2017

Location: Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
Description: The Sidney and Peninsula Literary Festival celebrates readers and writers and the books that bring them together. The festival is supported by granting agencies, local businesses, other arts organizations and individual donors. The festival extends special thanks to Tanner’s Books, for their continued support and generous sponsorship, and to the festival’s dedicated team of volunteers.

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Title: Real Vancouver Writers’ Series September Sizzler 2017

Date: September 21, 2017

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Description: The Mighty RVWS returns from a summer of dining on torrid pocketbook romances and sunset barbeques at the beach to bring you six amazing writers this September:

• Monica Meneghetti, author of What the Mouth Wants, Caitlin Press
• Curtis AuCoin
• Gary Barwin, author of No TV for Woodpeckers, Wolsak and Wynn
• Carys Cragg, author of Dead Reckoning, Arsenal Pulp Press
• Ian Williams, author of Personals, Freehand Books
• Selina Boan, Vancouver poet, and editor with Prism Magazine, and new chapbook publisher Rahila’s Ghost

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Title: Pivot Readings with Crosbie, LaSorda and Sinclair

Date: September 20, 2017

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Description: Pivot presents the writers breathing life into Canadian literary culture. Established and emerging, time-tested and fresh; they’re what’s happening in literature, right now. This evening’s readings at the Tranzac Club’s Tiki Room in Toronto are by Lynn Crosbie, Allison LaSorda and Safiya Sinclair.

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Title: Karen Solie reads at Queen’s University

Date: September 15, 2017

Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Description: 2017 Writer-in-Residence at Queen’s University, poet Karen Solie gives her inaugural reading on campus.

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Title: Pierson, Bateman and LaPierre at the Art Bar Poetry Series

Date: October 24, 2017

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Description: The Art Bar is recognized as Canada’s longest running poetry-only, weekly reading series. Since 1991, it has featured both emerging and established poets from across Canada and occasionally from abroad. It has become a hub for the poetry community, and entry point for new voices, a place for people to enjoy one of the oldest arts.

This week’s offering features Ruth Roach Pierson, David Bateman and Margo LaPierre.

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Title: Donawa, Gunvaldsen-Klaassen and McGrath at the Art Bar Poetry Series

Date: October 17, 2017

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Description: The Art Bar is recognized as Canada’s longest running poetry-only, weekly reading series. Since 1991, it has featured both emerging and established poets from across Canada and occasionally from abroad. It has become a hub for the poetry community, and entry point for new voices, a place for people to enjoy one of the oldest arts.

This week’s offering features Wendy Donawa, Tonja Gunvaldsen-Klaassen and Wendy McGrath.

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Title: Gordon, Campbell and Hertwig at the Art Bar Poetry Series

Date: October 10, 2017

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Description: The Art Bar is recognized as Canada’s longest running poetry-only, weekly reading series. Since 1991, it has featured both emerging and established poets from across Canada and occasionally from abroad. It has become a hub for the poetry community, and entry point for new voices, a place for people to enjoy one of the oldest arts.

This week’s offering features Spencer Gordon, Anne Campbell and Benjamin Hertwig.

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Title: Kidd and Local Lights at Tree Reading Series

Date: December 12, 2017

Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Description: Running since May 9, 1980, the Tree Reading Series (Tree) is one of Canada’s longest-running literary events and an essential part of Ottawa’s vibrant literary community. Tree is a non-profit organization that supports established and emerging writers from Ottawa and across Canada by offering a supportive public venue for writers to present their own work and to benefit from exposure to the work of other writers. In providing this service, Tree hopes to inspire and sustain the development of the literary community in Ottawa and to promote Ottawa as an important community for Canadian literary arts.

The evening features readings by Catherine Kidd and local poets Chris Johnson, Rod Pederson and Sarah Kabamba, and then an open mic.

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Title: McCarthy and Elmslie at Tree Reading Series

Date: November 28, 2017

Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Description: Running since May 9, 1980, the Tree Reading Series (Tree) is one of Canada’s longest-running literary events and an essential part of Ottawa’s vibrant literary community. Tree is a non-profit organization that supports established and emerging writers from Ottawa and across Canada by offering a supportive public venue for writers to present their own work and to benefit from exposure to the work of other writers. In providing this service, Tree hopes to inspire and sustain the development of the literary community in Ottawa and to promote Ottawa as an important community for Canadian literary arts.

The evening features a poetry workshop with Susan Atkinson, followed by readings by Julia McCarthy and Susan Elmslie, and then an open mic.

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Title: McNair and Rhombus 19 at Tree Reading Series

Date: November 14, 2017

Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Description: Running since May 9, 1980, the Tree Reading Series (Tree) is one of Canada’s longest-running literary events and an essential part of Ottawa’s vibrant literary community. Tree is a non-profit organization that supports established and emerging writers from Ottawa and across Canada by offering a supportive public venue for writers to present their own work and to benefit from exposure to the work of other writers. In providing this service, Tree hopes to inspire and sustain the development of the literary community in Ottawa and to promote Ottawa as an important community for Canadian literary arts.

The evening features a poetry workshop with Manahil Bandukwala, followed by readings by Christine McNair and sound and experimental poetry group Rhombus 19, and then an open mic.

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